Certificate in Digital Business

Digital Innovation MDI

Faculty of Computer Science

Certificate in Digital Business

The Certificate in Digital Business draws on courses in Computer Science, Management, and Law to train students to be leaders in digital innovation in the context of any industry or sector.

Through this certificate you will become familiar with areas such as data and business analytics, social media analytics, e-commerce, and the legal aspects of digital innovation.

Program overview

Term 1	2 foundation courses + 1 elective听or certificate course
Term 2	1 required course + 2 elective or certificate courses
Term 3	DGIN 7000: Internship (internship students) or DGIN 9000: Master鈥檚 Thesis (thesis students)听
Term 4	听DGIN 5001: Capstone (internship students) or听 DGIN 5002: Research Methods (thesis students) + 2 elective or certificate courses

Customize your degree

Although all MDI students follow a听required program outline, you can create your own degree with a wide variety of elective options that support the Certificate in Digital Business.

Two of the following听courses:

Assigned by the graduate committee based on academic background and goals.

DGIN 5100 Foundations in Web Technologies

This hands-on course examines the technologies and infrastructure required to support digital innovation. The course examines the major components of the information technology infrastructure, such as networks, databases and data warehouses, electronic payment, security, and human-computer interfaces. The course covers key web concepts and skills for designing, creating and maintaining websites, such as Grid Theory, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX theory, PHP, SQL and NoSQL databases. Other principles such as Web Accessibility, Usability and User eXperience, as well as best security practices, are explored in detail through a combination of lectures, in-class examples, individual lab work and assignments, and a final group project.

DGIN 5200 Foundations in Business

The overall aim of this course is to develop a high-level understanding of the dynamics of innovation, the distribution and outcomes of the strategic management of innovation and the relationships that are important in developing high-impact organizations.

DGIN 5300 Law, Policy, and Ethics in Emerging Technologies

Emerging technologies鈥攕uch as digital media, the 鈥渋nternet of things鈥�, artificial intelligence (AI), and financial tech鈥攁re playing an increasingly central role in how individuals live and interact with each other; how businesses innovate and create new opportunities; and how governments function and serve their populations. But the unrestrained development and use of these technologies can raise complex legal, policy, and ethical challenges. This course offers students an introduction to foundational legal, policy, and ethical issues raised by emerging technologies in a variety of contexts, with special consideration for digital innovation and commerce. On completion, students will be able to better identify, understand, and critically assess these issues and also more effectively manage and resolve them in the course of the professional pursuits.

DGIN 5400 Statistics for Health Informatics

This course covers essential statistical methods for medical research. Topics include descriptive analysis techniques and basic principles of statistical inference for comparison of means, proportions and investigation of relationships between variables using regression mod-eling techniques. Students will also become familiar with nonparametric tests and power and sample size calculations.

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Digital Innovation MDI